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Honours 2009

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Opportunities exist for suitably qualified applicants to undertake an Honours degree in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. The aims of the program are to extend the candidate's knowledge and expertise within a selected discipline area and to prepare the candidate for employment or more extensive scientific research, which may lead to MSc and PhD degrees.

Admission of Students

Admission to the program will require students to have a Bachelor degree with an average of at least 65% in their best six level-3 units.

Admission to the Honours program is dependent on a suitable research project and the availability of a supervisor.  In addition, adequate resources must be available for supporting the student’s research.

Honours Program

The Honours program comprises:

• Research project (thesis)                       60%
• Research communication module           10%
• 3 x 10% coursework modules                30%

A major part of the program is a research project carried out under the supervision of an academic member (or members) of the School.  The project should be such that it can reasonably be completed in 6-8 months and the nature of the project should be such that it can be expected to result in a paper publishable in a recognised scientific journal.

Students will be required to:

• present an initial seminar outlining their research design, and a final seminar on the results of their research project, and
• submit a thesis.

Three coursework modules will also be completed, including:

• literature review
• research design
• elective module (e.g. statistics and experimental design, biological critique)

Honours projects for 2009

The research interests of the staff are broad and include environmental science, biological and biomedical science, chemical and forensic science.

List of Honours projects for 2009

Applications

The first step in securing a place in the program for 2009 is to contact supervisors and discuss your ideas with them. Once you have met with supervisors, there are two application forms to fill in.

1. Submit the following application form to the course advisors listed below by Friday 21 November 2008. Application form

2. In addition to the above form, apply online at http://applicantportal.deakin.edu.au/connect_PROD/webconnect by Friday 21 November 2008

Prospective students are strongly encouraged to adhere to these dates as their preferred projects may not be available thereafter. Interested students should consult the relevant project supervisor regarding availability after these dates.

Course Advisors

Burwood:	Angelina Del Bianco (angelina.delbianco@deakin.edu.au)
	Biomedical Science/Biological Science/Science
	Travis Eccles (travis.eccles@deakin.edu.au)
	Environmental Science
Geelong:	Ruth Henderson (ruth.henderson@deakin.edu.au)
Warrnambool:	Sue Frances (sue.frances@deakin.edu.au)